NEW INFO: Jim Russ' Weekend Traffic Advisory

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Thursday, June 21, 2018
Jim Russ

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Traffic updates six time and hour during morning rush hour with Jim Russ and afternoons with Liz Drabick on WBAL Newsradio 1090. Find a traffic problem or need help, reach the Traffic Center by calling *AUTO on Verizon Wireless, or at 410-261-2309.

Credit: WBAL's Jim Russ
If you have questions or suggestions or would like to add to this story, write to me at jruss@hearst.com. You can get traffic updates on Twitter.com by following @JimWBALTraffic and @LizWBALTraffic.

Baltimore County: REPAVING – I-695/Baltimore Beltway between Falls Road and Greenspring Avenue – Up to TWO lanes will be CLOSED overnights, Sundays through Thursdays, from 8 p.m until 5 a.m. the following morning.

Baltimore/Anne Arundel County: BRIDGE REPLACEMENT – I-895/Harbor Tunnel Thruway BOTH WAYS between the I-695/Lansdowne and I-97/MD 2 (south of the Harbor Tunnel and the Steel Bridge) – SOUTHBOUND lanes CLOSED around-the-clock. Traffic gets by using the newly rebuilt NORTHBOUND bridge. ONE lane is OPEN EACH WAY. Crews are replacing the bridge deck, and the bridge superstructure in its entirety.

Carroll County:VARIOUS PROJECTS –MD 30/Main Street between Lower Beckleysville Road and the northern traffic circle in Hampstead – ONE DIRECTION will be CLOSED on Mondays through Saturday from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. Traffic will get by at the discretion of the work crew. Work should be completed by the winter of 2020.

WESTBOUND – ALL LANES WILL be CLOSED and traffic diverted onto MD 222 and I-95 SOUTHBOUND, overnights, Sunday, June 24th through Tuesday, June 26th from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. the following morning.

NOTE: There is no toll on I-95 SOUTHBOUND at the Tydings Bridge.

EASTBOUND – ONE lane will be CLOSED, overnights, Monday, June 25th through Friday, June 29th from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. the following morning.

Charles County, MD/King George County, VA:STRUCTURAL REPAIRS/STEEL WORK –US 301 at the Governor Harry Nice Bridge (Potomac River crossing at the MD/VA state line – ONE DIRECTION is subject to CLOSURE, weather permitting, at the following times:

Mondays through Thursdays from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Overnights, Mondays through Thursdays from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. the following morning.

Traffic will get by ONE DIRECTION AT A TIME under the discretion and direction of the work crew.

Trucks greater than 10-feet wide and/or in excess of 80,000 pounds will NOT be allowed to cross the bridge during flagging operations without an escort. Every effort will be made to get these vehicles across the bridge from 8 – 8:30 a.m. and from 3:30 – 4 p.m.

Drivers of vehicles exceeding the width or weigh restriction must call 410-537-6800 no less than one hour prior to arrival at the bridge in order to obtain approval and schedule an escort. Calls will only be accepted between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

Montgomery County: WATER MAIN WORK – US 29/Colesville Road between I 495/Capital Beltway and MD 97/Georgia Avenue. Up to TWO lanes will be CLOSED, Mondays through Fridays from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. and overnights, Sundays through Thursdays, from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. the following morning. Saturday lane closures are possible between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

***NEW*** Prince George’s County:BRIDGE REPAIRS –OUTER LOOP of the Capital Beltway (I-95/I-495 NORTHBOUND) after MD 450/New Carrollton(at Good Luck Road) – TWO RIGHT lanes will be CLOSED, overnight, Sunday, June 24th and Monday, June 25th from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. the following morning.

Queen Anne’s County: REPAVING – US 301 between MD 213 and Greenspring Road (North of US 50) – ONE lane will be CLOSED, Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Washington County: BRIDGE WIDENING – I-81 between the West Virginia/Maryland state line and MD 63/68 – LEFT lane CLOSURES, overnights, Sundays through Thursdays from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. the following morning. There may be brief, TOTAL CLOSURES between 12 midnight and 4 a.m.

Weekend Events

The Baltimore Women’s Classic 5K will be held on Sunday, starting at 8:00 a.m.

The race will begin along Key Highway at Battery Avenue and end at Rash Field.

Baltimore Women’s Classic Turn by Turn Directions:

- Start on Key Highway at Battery Avenue and head EASTBOUND

- Turn RIGHT (SOUITHBOUND) on Jackson Street

- Turn RIGHT (WESTBOUND) on Fort Avenue

- Turn RIGHT (NORTHBOUND) on Race Street

- Turn LEFT (WESTBOUND) on Ostend Street

- Turn RIGHT (NORTHBOUND) on Leadenhall Street

- Turn RIGHT (EASTBOUND) on Hamburg Street

- Turn LEFT (NORTHBOUND) on Charles Street

- Turn RIGHT (EASTBOUND) on Henrietta Street

- Turn RIGHT (SOUTHBOUND) on Light Street and then an immediate LEFT (EASTBOUND) on Warren Avenue

- Turn LEFT (NORTHBOUND) on William Street

- Turn RIGHT (EASTBOUND) on Key Highway

- Turn LEFT at Ponte Villas NORTH (just past the Residences at the Ritz Carlton) and then LEFT onto the Harbor Promenade

- Follow Promenade past the Rusty Scupper to the finish line on Rash Field

One lane will be CLOSED wherever possible along the race course

Traffic will not be allowed to cross the race route as the runners pass.

Latinofest will be held in Patterson Park this weekend.

Linwood Avenue will be CLOSED between Eastern Avenue and Pratt Street on Saturday and Sunday from 6 a.m. until 10 p.m. each day.